The Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago, The Caribbean & Beyond!
My personal thoughts and reflections on my cooking escapades
Carambola is a fruit that was not very popular in my life until recent years, possibly a casualty of the flood of foreign fruit imports that became popular in the Nineties. Now however, with everyone tightening their belt, local produce is once again taking center …
My Mint Tea Cocktail 🙂 So… continuing on my previous thoughts on the culinary association of the Caribbean with rum I did some internet trolling. Among my finds (which are now merrily archived for later reference) was an article by Ramin Ganeshram (author of Sweet …
In an effort to continue sharing the culture and cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago beyond the limits of this digital confine I’m gonna be sending out little thank-you packages to my Top 5 Commenters to date. These people have made logging onto TriniGourmet a joy …
As I had mentioned last year (oh it feels surreal to say that!) every year my Aunt brings over her famed Trinidad Black Cake in the same tins that she has kept them in since I can remember. That is one of the tins above. …
I am clueless about wine. Utterly clueless. In fact I only just realized that some is red and some is not…. (ok not -that- bad but believe me I’m pretty bad). Last year there seemed to be an explosion of niche wine stores and wine …
The results are in! 164 votes were counted, and this is how they broke down! [poll=2] At first I was surprised but then I realized that the majority of people who found TriniGourmet (especially in the last month) were Trinidadians searching for traditional Trinidadian Christmas …
Wow how would one describe the Naparima Girls’ Cookbook? This book has become -the- defacto Trinidadian cookbookfor Trinis both locally and abroad. It’s given to brides and to students preparing to go overseas (that’s how I got mine). In fact it’s such an institution that …
OOOO! My Blogging By Mail assignee received her package today 🙂 I was worried that she would not get it before Xmas day so that’s a big smile on my face 😀 Typical! Even Trini packages have to wait til the last possible moment to …
This morning I woke up to some fabulous news! My post “Six Moments that Changed my Foodie Life in 2006” had actually won a prize! Congratulations Sarina, you are one of the winners of the ProBlogger Group Writing Project. You’ve won $100 cash or $500 …
My happy jar of homemade Ras-Al-Hanout Based on the Butterfly Effect Meme, and the ProBlogger Writing Project, I thought that it would be an interesting idea to share those Food Items/Events that changed my Foodie Life in 2006! Feel free to add to the discussion …
Woodford Square – Trinidad As you can imagine I spend a good bit of time surfing the net for my ‘foodie fix’ 🙂 I thought it would be a good idea to occasionally share some of my finds with y’all in a series I’ll call …
Oh you know it had to happen! The official launch of my “Best of the Worst” series is upon us. Think of this as a Consumer Reports of Island Cuisine if you will. It really bothers me that people seem to think that 3rd World …
Learnt about the following from Island Spice 🙂 deVine Saturdays: Get in the spirit. Complimentary pastelles with every bottle of wine. Live Parang from Los Parranderos de UWI. @ MoreVino, Ariapita Avenue, Port of Spain (Trinidad) I have mixed feelings about MoreVino. I love the …
As I’ve mentioned earlier in this blog, I’m a HUGE fan of Michael Lomonaco’s Epicurious over on the Travel Channel. Thanks to that show I became aware of the Epicurious.com website which is also the database of Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. I only have …
